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How I Became a Terror of the Second Grade Playground

Don’t mess with Tony

Anthony Lawrence (Pcunix)

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4 min readJun 1, 2022

Kids can be cruel. Socialization tames most of us eventually, but at my elementary school playground of the early nineteen fifties, only the presence of teachers prevented us from devolving into savagery, and the teachers couldn’t watch everyone at once.

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Retired Unix Consultant. I write tech and humor mostly but sometimes other things. see my Lists if your interests are specific.

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